SAGINAW, MI — Testifying against his friend in a Saginaw County murder trial, a 21-year-old man described how their anger about the homicide of another man led to a drive-by shooting that killed 6-year-old Lay'la Jones.

Speaking in court before a 14-person jury, the man recounted the same story he told police and a judge last year.

The man, whose name Saginaw County Circuit Judge Darnell Jackson ordered media to not report because of concerns for his safety, took the witness stand Friday, June 28, the second day of testimony in Levonne J. Greer's trial in Jackson's courtroom.

He described events he said led to the Aug. 29 homicide of Lay'la outside her aunt's duplex at 1115 Essling north of Norman on Saginaw's northeast side. His story was the same as the one he gave police after his arrest and during an October preliminary hearing for Greer and Rico A. Saldana.

He testified he and those two men, along with Michael D. Lawrence, were upset about the homicide of Bobby Bailey from earlier that day, an incident that occurred about two blocks away from where Jones was fatally shot.

Saldana had the man get his sister's car, and Saldana drove the foursome over to Essling about 10:30 p.m., the man said. As they approached the duplex were Jones was outside with family members, Greer, seated in the rear driver's side seat, and Lawrence, seated in the front passenger seat, began firing, the man testified.

When they began shooting, the man put his head down, he said. As they sped away from the area, he heard two sounds that sounded like bullets hitting the car, he testified.

Greer, 23, is charged first-degree premeditated murder, conspiring to commit first-degree murder, and 16 other felonies in the incident. If convicted of first-degree murder, Greer would face a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

His trial, which began Tuesday, will continue next week.

Greer, Saldana, and Lawrence each are charged with the same 18 offenses, while the unnamed witness is charged with acting as an accessory after the fact, a charge that carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison.

The man testified that the day after the shooting, he used disinfectant to wipe the car clean at the other men's request. He found three spent shell casings and put them in the sewer outside Saldana's house, he said.

In addition to the two murder-related charges, Greer is charged with five counts of assault with intent to murder in relation to Jones' father and the others outside the house, single counts of discharging a firearm from a vehicle, carrying a dangerous weapon with unlawful intent, and carrying a concealed weapon, and eight counts of possessing a firearm during the commission of a felony.

Greer and Saldana remain jailed without bond, while the unnamed man remains jailed on a $250,000 bond.

Lawrence remains at large. Anybody with information on Lawrence's whereabouts can call the Saginaw Police Department at 989-326-7595 or Crime Stoppers, which is offering a $1,000 reward for information on Lawrence's location, at 1-800-422-5245.